Budget Session 2018 to begin with President Kovind’s address today

Budget Session 2018: The Budget session of the Parliament will begin on Monday at 11 am with the speech of President Ram Nath Kovind. President Kovind’s address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will mark the beginning of the Budget Session 2018. The Muslim Women’s (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 related to triple talaq, the Codes of Wages Bill, 2017, Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education, 2017 are among the important bills that will be tabled for discussion and passage.As many as 28 bills will be tabled in the Lok Sabha, while 39 bills are listed for the Rajya Sabha for the upcoming session. Long pending issues including the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, will be discussed in the Lower House. Meanwhile, the Triple Talaq Bill passed in the Lok Sabha in the last winter session of the Parliament will be in focus in the Upper House of the Parliament.Following is the list of issues that will be taken up in the Parliament –

Lok Sabha:

Bills referred to Joint Committee:

· The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015

· The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016

· The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017Bill returned to Lok Sabha:

· The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Third Amendment) Bill, 2017(as passed by Lok Sabha, as reported by Select Committee of Rajya Sabha and returned with amendments to Lok Sabha)

Bills referred to Standing Committees:

· The Codes of Wages, 2017

· The Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017

· The National Medical Commission Bill, 2017Bills not referred to Standing Committee:

The Budget session of the Parliament will be conducted from January 29 to April 6, with the first phase to be held from January 29 to February 9 and the second phase from March 5 to April 6. The Finance Minister will present the Union Budget Session 2018 for the fiscal year 2018-19 on February 1. This will be the first Budget in the post- GST (Goods and Services Tax) era and the last full budget from Jaitley before the general election in 2019. (ANI) Budget Session 2018 to begin with President Kovind’s speech.